This is a supplement to my SciFi/Horror Review page. I am using this page to list all the sci-fi/horror/B-movies that I currently have in my collection. If you are curious about any of the titles you can write me and I will give you a brief synopsis of the film as well as my evaluation of it.

I have tried to arrange the following movies into categories, but this wasn’t always easy to accomplish. Several movies could have been placed in multiple categories, but I decided to list each movie only once and put it into the section that made the most sense to me.

Fantastic collection. Very imipressive. I am looking for a movie about plants that populate the earth (from outer space??) and kill people by spewing this dust-like pollen on people. I believe they are finally vanquished when rain falls to earth. Any idea? Gary Ruder, garyruder@charter.net

Hi Mark, Coolest movie collection! Or should that be 5 !!!!!. Great picture of you too. Finally made it to the library to check it out and I am very impressed with the extent of your “little hobby”. Just looking through the titles and reading some of the reviews brought back lots of memories. Talk to you soon, Marcia

Gary: Sounds like you may be describing The Day of the Triffids, which I have reviewed here. Eventually the Triffids are destroyed by sea water. Let me know if that is the movie you remember. If not, I can do a little more research.

Marcia! Great to see you made to this page! Now that you can make it here from time to time, I might start adding some fresh reviews. Thanks for dropping by!

I am trying to remember the title of a horror film. Perhaps you can help from the following description?
It seemed to be set under a church and involved summoning a demon.
There was a large vertical tube of liquid used to keep some evil thing trapped but the closer the demons appearance – the more the liquid boiled. Finally there were mirrors that the demon could communicate through and finally came out of.

If you have seen it some of the above must ring a bell!!
Excellent website- Added to favorites for future use.
regards
Chris

Hope you don’t mind if I provide a couple of answers for your other guests:

Ray, the series about the little underwater critters (and thier big brothers!) was called “Surface.” It was cancelled after a year and ended on a cliffhanger. (Aaughh!) I don’t think it’s commercially out yet but I’m sure you can find someone selling copies if you look around. (I’d work something out, but my own are rather imperfect.)

And Gary (from way back last August), although I agree that “Day of the Triffids” may well be the one you’re looking for, there’s also a very good chance that it’s actually an old Outer Limits episode called “Specimen: Unknown.” It has a couple of the features you mention that Triffids doesn’t, like the pollen and the plants being killed by rain (it also, unfortunately, isn’t one of the better episodes of OL, but I know what it’s like to remember something fondly!). The whole series is out on commercial dvd now…and very reasonably priced.

Jake: By all means, help out whenever you can! I get a lot of requests from readers asking if I can identify movies they vaguely remember from childhood, etc. A lot of times the movies are easily identifiable, however, because of sketchy memories, some of the movies can be hard to tag. Or, as you’ve pointed out above, the “movie” is sometimes something from a tv serial. I like to help whenever I can, but sometimes I’m unable to assist them in their quest. So thanks for providing answers!

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people seeking answers stop by here, leave their questions, and then never come back to see if they got an answer or not. That’s why I am more likely to do more research if someone sends me an email. At least then I know they will get my answer (or lack of one).

Hey Jake: It seems that no matter how many films I’ve watched, or how many tidbits I pick up, there’s always a slue of people who know much more about the topic. It’s definitely a genre that inspires people to delve deeper. Thanks for your help, and drop by any time!

Mark et al: I am trying to locate an old movie for a friend in which humans are forced indoors during the day due to a depleted ozone layer. Human exposure to the sun for even a short duration is deadly. Plants proliferate. Somehow, humans end up becoming “merged” with the plants. I was reading the above posts and thought maybe it was the Day of the Triffids or the OL episode, but neither quite match what I was described. Any ideas?

Hi. I’m placing this on a whim. I’m looking for the names of a couple of movies i saw as a kid and was not allowed to watch through. If you can help that’d be awesome. If not…maybe you can point me in the right direction. I’ve tried searching all over the net no luck.

Here goes.

Movie #1 One of the movies I remember being really freaky. One scene I remember is a young girl (possibly a dude too.) walking to a big house behind a graveyard. All the graves are dug up. The next scene I remember is that she’s going through the “house” and maybe being chased. I remember the freakiest part was when someones intestines were being removed from there body (maybe under a black cloth) and floating upward.

Movie #2 This is a really weird movie I saw around 10-12. It’s about a guy (sorry don’t remember a lot), who lays in these tubes full of water throughout the movie and goes into some sort of trans or something. He seems to go into a different state of mind for a while or changes forms.

hello, i hope you can help, I’ve been kicking myself over this sense i was a kid.

two guys or kids end up in some old mansion where they run into some old ghost who i think looked a lot like Jesse James and a worm who turned out to think it was a dog. anyway they come across some passage way in the house where they find some kind of cave under the house . they find some sort of Chrystal skull and escape. thats about all i can remember, please help end my pain!

Well, I’ve seen the Bava film several times, Mark. Howzabout you throw on “World Without End” instead? I haven’t seen those American astronauts blast the mutant cavemen out of the cliffs with their improvised bazooka in many years…one of my favorite movie memories from my misspent youth!

I love your B-movie page. I’m a child of the 1950’s, and grew up watching this stuff at the local theatre; most of this stuff scared the bajeezes out of me as a young kid. Glad to see someone keeping this stuff alive and well and greatly appreciated!
~~Roxy

Thanks, Roxy! Glad to see you’re enjoying it. By the way, I spent some time in the San Lorenzo / Hayward area after high school. My sister and her family still live in Hayward. I decided to join your “growing up in the bay area” page not only to see old history, but I saw a video posted of one of my heroes, Paul Frees!